Housing Shortage and War Center Plans in Dothan Area
Local chamber leaders discuss postwar housing shortages in Dothan and surrounding areas. Napier Field Camp Rucker and state centers are seen as pivotal for veteran housing and wartime housing needs. Government funds and community efforts aim to open a Napier Tabgt Camp facility to serve returning servicemen, with a large fundraising drive in Houston County pushing toward a $251,000 goal and final receipts surpassing $1.1 million for various civic projects.
Senate Group Votes To Abate 201 B Tax
Senate Finance Committee approves a pay as you learn tax bill abating either 1942 or 1943 taxes for all with no income. Five Democrats join eight Republicans in sending the amended Ruml Carlson style measure to the Senate floor as House opponents argue it’s inequitable. Senate leaders hope debate starts soon with passage likely next weekend, though House conferees oppose the principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Treasury
Repute Finance
Randolph Paul
Barkley
Kentucky
George
D.-Ga
Senate
House
Doughton
Hovee
Ruml Carlson
Forand-Robertson
Names For Bombers Bought By Houston Bond Sales Chosen
Two bombers funded by the Second War Loan drive in Houston County Alabama were named Miss Houston County and Queen of the Wiregrass. Co chairs Al Flowers and Clyde Levern announced the selections after the county raised 1 118 207 20 dollars in bonds and securities aided by a Jeep buying program from Dothan students and county residents. The drive exceeded its 881 000 dollar goal, spurring optimism that both names will appear on bombing missions against the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Peritage
Merv
Cam
Aouid
U. S
Houston County
Alabama
al Flowers
Victory Fund Committee
Clyde Levern
War Savings
Dothan
Studenta
Houston Countlana
Miss Houston County
German Defenses In Caucasus Crack Before Red Attack
An AP report notes the dispute over a subsidy plan to lower retail food prices across meat coffee and butter by about ten percent starting June 1. Critics in Congress, led by Rep Cannon, say using Reconstruction Finance Corp subsidies risks undermining the war effort and invite legislative countermeasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caucasus
Alex H. Singleton
REC
Cannon
House
Defeat Looms for Nazis as Soviet Forces Break Through
Soviet units pierced a German defense belt near Novorossiysk nine miles from the port, with coordinated infantry artillery and air actions. Russian airmen in many cases used American planes, while Red artillery battered fortifications and the outer gates of Novorossiysk. The assault drew heavy air losses on both sides, with 21 German planes downed against nine Soviet aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Moscow
Black Sea
Taman
Red Artllery
Novorosaisk
Heand
Battetin
Rue Tura
Dothan Chamber seeks NHA okay for 500 homes
The Dothan Chamber of Commerce urged the National Housing Agency and regional directors to authorize construction of 500 new houses for war workers and new citizens. A resolution sent to Congressman Henry B. Steagall notes war workers live in substandard housing outside the city with sanitation concerns and health hazards. The chamber says no NHA authority has funded new buildings in two years, except Napier Field housing for military personnel, and the growing population could absorb 500 postwar homes with minimal material needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelias Ee Satione Housing Agency
Ie Sommediate Mieps
Eemery Authority
NHA
Napier
Napier Field
Mepher
Dothan-Ozark
OPA
A. D Carmichael
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
National Housing Agency
Dothan
Henry B. Steazall
Chamber of Commerce
Canning Sugar Registration Opens in Houston County
Houston County home canners may register for sugar allotments Wednesday from 9 am to 5 pm. Only one family member may register, and applicants must present War Ration Book One and state the exact number of quarts of fruit to be canned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Quintuplets Christen Five New Ships In U S Visit
Five Dionne quints toured a shipyard in Superior Wisconsin as three cargo ships were christened with a Marine guard present. The girls, wide eyed and excited, observed riveters and the bustle around the launches near the Waiter Butler Shipbuilders yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionne
U. S
Superior
Wis
Gallander, Ont
Waiter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc
United States Marines
Axis Faces Summer Of Allied Assaults In Europe
British reports predicted a decisive summer as Allied offensives pressed in North Africa and Europe. The Telegraph noted the Tunisian campaign’s costs allowing a deeper strike into the Axis fortress, while invasion plans and conferences for a final settlement circulated in London and Washington as President Roosevelt eyed Moscow talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C Daniel
London
Adolf Hitler
Noreway
Greece
Britain
Telegraph
Geneve
Hovurevell
Joseph F. Davies
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Miners Strike Leader Harvey Captured After Grocery Robbery
Leland Harvey, a fugitive and leader in the April 16 prison break near Reidsville, was captured by Macon police while attempting to rob a local grocery. A woman companion aided his arrest. Governor Ellis Arnall posted a $1000 reward. Three other escapees remained at large after the macon arrest.
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Macon
Leland Harvey
State Penitentiary
Ellis Arnall
Harvey
Reidsville
D- C. Black
Bibbsounty
Pennsylvania Ohio strikers filing back to work
News from Pittsburgh and surrounding areas reports coal miners and workers returning to work after protests over a two dollar daily fine for unauthorized stoppages. Union leaders urged compliance while several operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania resumed amid continuing labor tensions and organizing efforts.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pitishurgh
API
Qhig
Fennsylvania
Onen
UMW
New York City
California
Jones & Laugelin Steel Corporation
Far Kobtown
Pitchurkhy
Advent Imen
Ac Colimbus
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
Udey
Willow Grove
Neffy
Taining
Princeton Ind
Sheriff frees Negro to Army after fatal Camp Rucker attack
Sheriff B G Farmer turned John Bracken a Black soldier over to Army authorities after Circuit Judge Halstead released him. The victim Silan Johnson died at Camp Rucker hospital after an ax attack while sleeping at 401 Houston Street in Dothan. The sheriff said Bracken confessed hours after arrest and had been held since Wednesday morning.
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Camp Rucker
John ‘B. Bracken
B. G. Farmer
Bracken
Farmer
D. C. Halatenu Wa
Silan Johnson
Camp Burker
Johnson
Ozark
Hiz
Dothan
Halstead
Houston Street
Youngsters Boycott Potatoes Trip To The Field
Alabama students from multiple towns leave Baldwin County to gather potatoes under supervision of Geneva County officials. About 100 boys will be bused to work sites in Loxley Foley Robertsvale and Sum totdale to harvest and ship a 5000 cart crop. School officials coordinated with the Alabama Extension Service to direct labor during the harvest period with chores assigned at five o clock.
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Momtesn Wathen
Ted Deren
Geneva County
Laxey
Baldwin County
Aiex
Loxley
Baldwin
Fin Penefarn
Foley Robertsvale
Sumtovdale
Isoye
Alabama
Alabama Extension Service
Shattered Axis Retreat Pressed Along Tunisian Coast
Allied dispatches from North Africa describe Axis forces driven toward Cap Bon as dawn revealed stubborn resistance on hill positions after Tunis and Bizerte were cleared. Eisenhower pledged a decisive final phase to annihilate German power in Africa, with 120000 Axis troops said encircled and thousands captured or killed in the coastal push toward Hammamet and Tunis.
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North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Americana
Protvili
Tuna
Pont Dua Fahs
Gulf of Tunis
William
King
Renemania
Cay Bon Panimile
Africa
Cap Bon
Tr Peninsula
Attia
Tualala
Dwight MD Flaenhower
Henri Giraud
Bert “An
Tehie
Tirente
Creteville
Tunia
Re Dare
Hammamet
Nouinlarn
Bat Brattah
Enem
Army Corps
Gugrda
Giurda
Tehourha
Pont du Paha
Britink
Farera
Ain
Ald
Algiera
London
Thuan
Eisenhower
400 Bills Thrown Into Legislative Hopper First Week
A chaotic opening week in Alo Hamna's biennial legislature saw about 400 bills introduced from Tuesday to Friday. Some advanced, many stalled in committee, and Chauncey Sparks noted harmony as progress continued. A statewide referendum on the wet is planned, with a health committee meeting ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynor Montgomery
Alo Hamna
Com
Injtteen
Ferhoin Committee
Tiew
Chauncey Sparks
Willl
Sparka
Ature
Meares
Hwo
Fae House
Senate Health Corminister
Turaday
Air pounding on Attu by U S big bombers
Washington AP Army heavy and medium bombing and swift fighter planes gave Japanese troops on Attu Island their heaviest aerial pounding of the war in seven raids expanding the north Pacific air offensive. Mitchell bombers and Lightning fighters struck Kiake Tolland and MAIN Avenue in the Aleutians, with hits in all targets and several fires set as crews reported direct hits on enemy positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MW
Hightower
Washington
Army
Atg Island
Navy
North Pacific
Kiake
Tolland
Japan
Aleutians
Attu
Amchitha
Kleka
Thraida
French Go Wild With Joy As AEF Takes Over Bizerte
American tank columns entered Bizerte at 4 15 pm amid lights and cheers from residents who showered flowers on the advancing tanks. German guns in the marshes across the canal opened fire as a minor bombardment followed the dawned celebration and the AEF troops took control of the city.
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Aef
Bizerte
Harold
Boyle
Docks
Ned
Cane
Sompantas
Tollad
Bisgrta
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